Ocean Raiders Number Sequencing & Addition Game - Fun Math Board Game and STEM Toy for 5-7 Year Olds, Perfect Educational Gift for Kids (Boys & Girls), Home Schoolers, Kindergarten & Up

Math is NOT fun. We all know that. However, this game changes things up a bit; colorful board, unique dice, a bit complex rules. Like a couple other reviewers stated, the game rules are a bit too much for elementary kids, but if played for adding, then it's the perfect game. Actually makes addition seem like fun. Similar to a Chutes and Ladders concept but a lot less nerve-rackingly boring.

I bought this game for my 5 year old twins, since they love board games. This has turned into one of my favorite games to play with them. They have so much fun with this game. I love it because they are practicing their math and don't even realize it. I will say the company that came up with this game put a lot of thought in it. One of the things I love is that the numbers on the game board are not in order, so they cannot just count on the board. They actually have to add the numbers together and then find the number on the board. For anyone thinking about purchasing this product, do it. I am ready to purchase other games from this company.

So the directions are a little confusing but reading them over a couple of times we figured it out. My first grader was able to understand and play this very well. I appreciated the example they gave as to how to finger count to add the numbers together to move across the board. It is a quick play, but they do offer variations of game play that could make it take a little longer.

We used this for our math class yesterday -- they had a blast adding and subtracting the numbers -- the story lines for the games are cute, and my kids loved the aliens -- I think my 4th grader enjoyed this more than my 2nd grader -- they just kept laughing -- the addition one reminds me of Chutes and Ladders (but more fun because the numbers are out of order -- I would ask the kids what number they wanted or did not want before they rolled to make them think) and I liked the subtraction one better because their was a little more strategy (which piece should I move - which one will send someone back to their ship or make me lose a turn) -- these games were a lot of fun!

this is one of the only toys I have ever bought for my kid that I actually enjoy playing with with her. She loves the individual attention of playing a game with adults. the fact that it is so simple to play (don't need to read any directions) and isn't mind-numbingly boring for adults is what makes this the perfect toy. my child is 3.5 and I wish I had bought it for her sooner, but she can play it easily at her current age.

Math has never been my favorite subject to teach. It's okay, but numbers and hard facts just aren't my favorite things. That's why I was excited to be given the chance to review two math games from LogicRoots. The first is called Say Cheese. It's a multiplication game that stems from a short story you read from the direction booklet. After that, you distribute cloth bags and the game chips. Following the rules, you take turns spinning the spinner and following the directions with your chips until someone has none left. With each turn, your task is to determine whether the number on your chip is a multiple of the number on the spinner. With some large numbers on the chips, this can be a bit of a challenge.My Big Helper was totally up for that. She enjoyed seeing how fast she could determine whether the chips had multiples and usually knew super fast. She liked using big numbers from the spinners and was in it to win it. My Little Man, on the other hand, while he played doesn't love multiplication. He enjoyed the game but it wasn't his favorite.The directions were a bit complicated to figure out. Several times we'd continue play and then have to refer back to the directions to clear something up. Several times we still weren't sure what we were supposed to do and so just made up our own rules. Part of this, I think, is because English was apparently not the native language of the people who wrote the directions. Also, they often gave examples of the rules instead of just explaining them. Since it is a simple kids' game, however, this wasn't a major problem. All in all, the game was fun. The pieces were colorful and kid-friendly, and it definitely challenged the players to know their math facts. The storyline was cute and the rules are simple. This is definitely a fun, educational game - and best of all, it would be easy to create variations that could extend the usefulness of the game.Pros:Colorful piecesStrong math tiesSimple rulesVariations would be easy to createNot your traditional math game - asks students to work backwards for find answersCosts under $20Cons:Instructions are somewhat unclear and include a few grammatical errorsIt may take some time for students to get accustomed to identifying factors instead of solving mathematical equationsThe second game we played is called Ocean Raiders. This game is about addition and includes a variation for subtraction. This game has a board and strongly resembles Chutes and Ladders. The board contains 49 spaces in a non-linear order and has tornadoes that move a player randomly around the board. Essentially, you roll the die and then add that number to the number of the space on which your token stands. Because the board spaces are scattered randomly around the board, the student can't simply count the proper number of spaces but must add the two numbers together in order to move ahead.My Little Man loved this game. He had fun zooming his token around the board and especially loved rolling the die, which isn't a cube. It's unusual shape makes it even more fun to roll. I appreciate the variations that are included in the rule book. My son knows his addition facts well, and so we completed the game in far faster time than the directions estimated, but it was still fun.Pros:EducationalColorful, fun materialsSturdy constructionEasy to understandSimple rulesSeveral people can play at onceCosts less than $20Cons:Could be fun for a limited time onlyThis same basic game could be played using other game boards, like Uncle Wiggly or Chutes and LaddersThese games would make great gifts! If you have kids learning their addition or multiplication facts, these games would make great additions to their educational tools.I received a free copy of these games by LogicRoots. All opinions expressed are my own.

This is my third Logic Root's product that I bought and I must say that I am quite impressed so far. Everyone is so used to playing the regular dice and then moving your coin by the number on the dice. This game is a great small modification to that process and I can clearly see how this will help a kid learn additions in such a fun way.The game came with a board, 4 sketch pens, 4 cards to write down your dice number and do the math, 4 coins, an innovative dice, a cloth to clean up, a cute little poster and clean set of instructions. Totally worth playing.

My 6 year old son enjoyed the addition game but found the subtraction one frustrating. I think these games are a nice quick way to help learn math without being tedious. This will become a regular lesson when he is doing remote school learning.